The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts that rainfall will continue in some areas of Maharashtra, which has been ravaged by landslides and floods, for the next three days. “Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls very likely over Konkan and Goa, ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during the next 3 days and increase to isolated heavy to very heavy falls over the region from 29th July,” the IMD forecast read.
Heavy rains have been falling in the state’s Konkan and western districts since last week, causing floods and landslides in several villages. According to official data, 890 villages in nine districts were impacted, with over 229,000 people evacuated from the affected areas.
The death toll in the state hit 192, with at least 100 people still missing after days of heavy rain. Raigad district had the most fatalities so far, with 71, while Satara had 41, Ratnagiri had 21, Thane had 12, Kolhapur had seven, Mumbai had four, and Sindhudurg, Pune, Wardha, and Akola had two each, according to the state government.
Rescue teams have recovered 53 bodies from the landslide site in Taliye village, and five people have been reported injured as of Monday, according to Nidhi Chaudhari, Raigad district collector. She stated that the 31 people who are still missing will be declared dead after due process.
The village of Mahad, in Raigad district’s Mahad taluka, was flattened out after a portion of a hillock collapsed last Thursday, burying several houses.
The search for the 31 missing people has been officially called off, according to Chaudhari, who expressed respect for the survivors and relatives of the missing people.
Inter-state travel has been restored in some areas after the Mumbai-Bengaluru national highway reopened for vehicular traffic near Kolhapur in Maharashtra on Monday, officials said. The highway had been closed for four days due to waterlogging caused by heavy rains and floods in the surrounding areas.
